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TwinkieTown Movie Night: Bride of Frankenstein
Here’s the link for tonight’s movie. Click your clicks at 7:30! So, imagine you’re Boris Karloff. Working actor at Universal — kind of one of the lesser studios, but a job’s a job. You’re in the cafeteria one day, wearing your nicest suit, and this dapper English gentleman comes over and asks if he can […]
Reckoning with the Savannah Bananas
I was born in 1985. Sociologically-speaking, this means two things: As such, and as an enormous Major League Baseball fan, I don’t know what to make of the Savannah Bananas. In case you are unaware (I certainly was until delving in), the Bananas started in 2016 as a legitimate participant in the collegiate wood bat […]
What Prospects Will Help the Twins in 2027?
With the 2026 season fully behind us, I decided to take a look at all of the top prospects who are likely to contribute to the major league roster next season. From the franchise cornerstones to the middle relievers, these are all of the prospects that I think could provide significant value to the Twins […]
Brian Reith hired as Twins pitching coach
The Twins announced this morning that they named Brian Reith as their next pitching coach, replacing Pete Maki who was let go following the end of the 2026 season. They also promoted Ben Myers to the Big League training staff after spending the past few years with the St. Paul Saints, the Twins Triple-A affiliate. […]
Brooks Lee named Gold Glove finalist
Twins third baseman Brooks Lee was named a finalist for a Gold Glove award at third base. The positional specification is important since Lee opened the season as Minnesota’s starting shortstop. Lee is unlikely to bring the hardware home, as the Red Sox’s Caleb Durbin lapped the field in most defensive metrics at third base, […]
Three (ex-)Twins in search of a trophy
While the Twins tumbled out of playoff contention over the last two months of the season, three of their former players are still in range of a title, a trophy, and a ring. So for fans looking for a team to root for and discouraged by the choice between a heavy spender, a geographical rival, […]
How Will I Know (a Twins year is over)?
Every year that the Minnesota Twins don’t punch a ticket to the October tourney, I like to think back on the moment(s) I knew the season wouldn’t end cradling a Commissioner’s Trophy. This practice began in 2021, when fans knew it wasn’t going to be a championship bunch on the embarrassingly early date of April […]
TwinkieTown Movie Night: Young Frankenstein
Tonight’s movie is at 7:30, here’s the link. It’s a Russian site we’ve watched before, and it’s 100% safe to watch; I wouldn’t try downloading. Young Frankenstein is directed and co-written by Mel Brooks, and man did that guy marry UP. That’s no sin – so did I. But Anne Bancoft wasn’t just a recent […]
Might L-O-N-G spell relief again soon?
We currently reside in a starting pitching era dictated by the “third time through the order penalty”. Basically, the number-crunching has shown that what Tony Oliva always said was actually true (not that we ever doubted Tony O, of course): the more times a batter faces a pitcher, the more the pendulum of success swings […]
Grading the 2026 Twins: Starting Pitchers
It was an up and down 2026 for the Twins and there’s no position group who represents that trajectory than the starting pitchers. From Joe Ryan’s second half fall off, to Bailey Ober’s journey to break 88 MPH with a fastball, to the historically terrible performance from Simeon Woods Richardson, it was quite the journey […]
Twinkie Town writer always shocked to see OOTP players in real life
In reviewing Arizona Fall League rosters for the original draft of this article, Twinkie Town writer Matt Monitto was stunned into silence by what he saw. “I’m scrolling through the rosters on MLB.com, and I come across Frank Mozzicato, Tate Southisene, and I have to sit back,“ Monitto said in an interview with a mirror. […]
A Big Hurt: The 2006 Twins turn back into a pumpkin
The last weekend of the 2006 season was magical for the Minnesota Twins. After chasing the Detroit Tigers all summer, they final caught—and overtook!—the Kitties on the season’s final day. This afforded the 96-66 AL Central champion Twins the opportunity to stay home and welcome in the 93-69 AL West champion Oakland Athletics for the […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Hit The Roof” Edition
We’re already through the Wild Card round and halfway through the Division Series in the playoffs and there are plenty of former Twins making the news in the playoffs. Old friend Ty France almost helped the Padres upset the Brewers in Game 1, but hit a moonshot of another old friend, Trevor Megill, that doinked […]
Who’s up for another round of TwinkieTown Movie Nights?
So, I’m up for doing this again this year… but there’s a problem. The problem is, we did almost all the good Baseball Movies last year. The only famous one we missed was Pride of the Yankees, with Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig. We can do that movie if people want to. (I avoided it […]
How much 2027 baseball are you willing to lose for salary cap/floor progress?
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has a rule: don’t talk about negative subjects or collective bargaining topics (one and the same, really) until after the trophy in his name is hoisted. Sorry Rob, but to paraphrase the Clown Prince of Crime: “the only sensible way to live in this world is without rules—and tonight […]
2026 Twins All-System Team
Last week, I released my 2026 Twins Minor League Awards, so go check that out if you haven’t! This week, I am continuing to recognize the top performers in the Twins organization with an all-system team, building a roster of the top minor league performers in the Twins system this season. In order to qualify […]
Year at the ballpark(s): 2026
For the fifth time in six years, the Minnesota Twins clocked out at the end of September—eschewing October overtime. On many occasions I was in the trenches with them, attending 27 contests (most at home, some away). My personal 11-16 record wasn’t exactly sterling—but neither was the club’s. You know the old mantra: “a bad […]
Twins to part ways with pitching coach Pete Maki
The Twins announced this morning they have parted ways with pitching coach Pete Maki as well as assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez. Maki had been with the organization since 2018, starting as a minor league pitching coordinator and working his way up the ranks until taking over as the pitching coach in 2022. Maki was […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “We’ll See You…Next Year” Edition
The Twins ended the season on a high note, winning their last two series, including playing spoiler in the AL West race, taking two games from the Rangers. This wraps up the season with a 77-85 record, good for 3rd in the AL Central, a distant seven games back from the last wild card spot, […]
A quizzical season: can you name every 2026 Twin?
Another season is complete, and the Twins once again saw their campaign end before October. Through all the frustrations, injuries, streaks, slumps, and cheers, there is always one certainty once the Minnesota Twins have recorded their final out of a year: the end-of-season Sporcle quiz. This year’s edition is… well… just like it is every […]
Twins 6, Rangers 4: Out with some bangs
It is tempting to turn the commentary on Game 162 of a playoff-less season towards current complaints and hopes for next season. I’m not going to do that here—plenty of posts from myself and the entire cadre of Twinkie Town writers will dig into all that soon enough. For today—one final time in 2026—a Minnesota […]
Game 162: Rangers at Twins
First Chuck: 2:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Lone Star Ball Picture this scene: A lone (tall) man outside walking. It is 5:00 PM CST—and pitch dark. The man is clothed in long underwear, sweatpants, three shirt layers, and a parka with fur […]
Rangers 6, Twins 2: Ober and Out
Well, in their quest to aid major-league history and prevent a sub-.500 team from winning their division, the Texas Rangers knocked the Twins around in a rain-delayed, 6-2 victory on Saturday afternoon. With the Houston Astros just underway, the Rangers improve to 80-81, and give themselves a fighting chance of claiming the West with another […]
Game 161: Rangers at Twins
First Pitch: 3:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Last night, you got Joe Ryan and Jacob deGrom. This afternoon, you get Bailey Ober and Nathan Eovaldi. After another full season of Saturday previews, all I can tell you is that after last night’s veteran matchup resulted […]
Twins 10, Rangers 2: Ryan settles down and Twins bat around
After a shaky start, Joe Ryan settles in nicely (except for hitting Alejandro Osuna twice) and the bats come to life. Good chance to play spoilers this weekend! Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Walker Jenkins almost makes a great catch on a sinking Brandon Nimmo liner, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, curling, darts, and […]
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